VIET CONG EXPLANATION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE REASONS FOR THE TET LUNAR OFFENSIVE

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06786675
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• Document Creation Date: April 27, 2019
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: March 3, 1968

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DIST 3 MARCH 1968
COUNTRY: SOUTH VIETNAM
DOI: 19 FEBRUARY 1968
SUBJECT: VIET CONG EXPLOATION TO THE GENERAL PUF,LIC
OF THE REASONS FOR THE TET LUNAR OFFENSIVE
SIEN HCA (3 1:;RCA 1363)
SOURCE:
1. ON 19 FEBRUARY 1968 IRAN DUC THO, POLITICAL OFFICER OF
THE LONG KHANH PROVINCIAL FORCE, TOLD THE SOURCE THAT HE SHOULD
BEGIN EXPLAINING THE VIET CONG'S (VC) TEl OFFENSIVE TO THE
C,ENERAL PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:
A. THE TEl OFFENSIVE WAS THE FIRST WAVE OF THE GENERAL
UPRISING OF THE SuUIH VIcINAMILst PtueLt. ItiLL UreLNo.M. WAS CONDUCTED
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THROUGHOUT SOUTH VIETNAM S.V1) TO ILLUSIRAIL 1hAt thC NAliuNAL
FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S (NFLSV) MANPOWER AND
WEAPONS CAN DEFEAT THE U.S. AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) TROOPS IN
THE MAJOR CITIES. THO SAID THAT BY PROVING THAT THE NFLSV CAN DEFEAT
THE FORCES OF THE U.S. AND THE GVN'' THE NFLSV WOULD GAIN MORE
SUPPORT FROM THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD.
B. THE CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO TO BRING PRESSURE TO BEAR ON
THE U.S. AND THE GVN SO. THAT THEY WILL BEGIN TO THINK IN TERMS
OF ACCEPTING A COALITION GOVERNMENT AS SUGGESTED BY THE NFLSV.
C. THE CAMPAIGN WAS ALSO TO GAIN DEEPER SYMPATHY FROM THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WHO ARE PROTESTING AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR,
AND TO SHOW THEM THAT PATRIOTIC PEOPLE IN VIETNAM HAVE THE
CAPABILITIES TO DEFEAT THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN AGRESSORS IN VIETNAM.
THE CAMPAIGN WILL ALSO CAUSE PRESIDENT JOHNSON'S PRESTIGE TO
BE LOWERED IN THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
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